Actually, it's a flag for any non-leap year that begins on a Thursday. The boundaries aren't shown, but it's made from 53 narrow columns (weeks, running from the first week on the hoist edge to the last week on the fly edge) and 7 wide rows (days of the week, with Sunday along the top… Continue reading Happy 2015!
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Shahee Ilyas’ Flags by Colors Game
This is so cool! Can you guess which flag is which just by the colors and their proportion? Visit http://www.shaheeilyas.com/flags/ to use the interactive version, or to buy a poster version. Nice work! Attribution: 2007 Shahee Ilyas | This work by Shahee Ilyas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Special thanks to Ayesh.… Continue reading Shahee Ilyas’ Flags by Colors Game
Do You Tumbl?
If so, you should follow us on Tumblr! http://portlandflag.tumblr.com
How to Honor Those in Uniform?
From the December 24th Daily Tribune in Mount Pleasant, Texas comes this image of seven flags sharing a pole. In order, they are: Although the flags are in the correct order, and there doesn't seem to be any written rule about how many flags is too many when flown in this fashion, the overall effect is… Continue reading How to Honor Those in Uniform?
Kollona Lel Watan – The Lebanese Flag
Beautiful calligraphic #flagart by American expat Everitte Barbee.
Vexillologists in New Orleans
NAVA, the North American Vexillological Association, held its 48th annual meeting last October in New Orleans. <clickbait>What happened there will restore you faith in humanity!</clickbait> Well, perhaps not, but NAVA's latest newsletter will give you a good sense (with many photos by Ted Kaye) of what happens when 51 vexillologists and vexillophiles, some from as far… Continue reading Vexillologists in New Orleans
Vexillonairing in Coos Bay
By Scott Mainwaring and Ted Kaye, based on reporting by Devan Patel and Tim Novotny in the Coos Bay World Vexillonnaires in Coos Bay, on the southern Oregon coast, have prompted the redesign of a prominent flag display along the city's waterfront. In 1991 residents wanting to “spruce up” Coos Bay convinced the city to fly flags representing… Continue reading Vexillonairing in Coos Bay
The PFA Turns 20
From VexTab #49, by Ted Kaye (& John Hood) It’s been 20 years! The Portland Flag Association had its roots in the local organizing committee for the 28th annual meeting of the North American Vexillological Association. The organization itself was conceived at a sub-meeting of NAVA 28, held in Portland, Oregon, in October 1994. It… Continue reading The PFA Turns 20
Twitter, Facebook, and Beyond
We're now carrying the flag on Twitter as well as Facebook: Follow @portlandflag on Twitter: twitter.com/portlandflag Like our Portland Flag Association page on Facebook: facebook.com/portlandflag And, while you're at it, send a note to subscribe@portlandflag.org to get our bimonthly newsletter, The Vexilloid Tabloid, delivered to your inbox.
The Flag of Hawaii 2
The irreverent adult game maker Cards Against Humanity has purchased an island and renamed it Hawaii 2, in order to send each of its 250,000 "Holiday Bullshit" supporters a deed for a square foot, a map, and a small paper flag as a thank-you gift. (They will need to wait until they hear someone boast of… Continue reading The Flag of Hawaii 2
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